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Statues of
Abraham Lincoln

Larkin G. Mead, Jr
Springfield, Illinois

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* Larkln G. ?*.ead Jr. was born In Brattleboro, Vermont

jtj AA,3 l& 3F j y He was the third son of Larkin G. iVead and i.Iary

v £'oyes 'ead ? and the nearest brother in age to my

mother, Elinore Gertrude .ead ?

He made a snow statue at the cross-roads in Brattleboro
one night after a heavy snow, with another Brattleboro boy

? to aid in the v/ork, rnd the

next morning a snow angel was found glittering in the sun
to the astonished townspeople. He afterv/ard reproduced it

^ as the Recording Angel.

in marble for |tclW<*4 ^t^vtit^*

Made his " Ethan Allen" for ?

Reproductions are now in the State House at Iiontpelier,
Vermont *nd the Capitol at Washington, D. C.

He ^'as a friend of the °-<--tist George Fuller of Deer-
field, ass. who painted him as a young raari (portrait now
in my oossession, but in storage in Boston),
and Quincey Ward, the sculptor, were often at
in Brattleboro. Quincey War* studied with _^
in Brooklyn, N. Y., at the same time my Uncle

George Fuller
the IZead house

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My Uncle was war illustrator for the Harpers Veekly (f&v*+*v*~
for a short time during the Civil far.

He took my mother to Europe to be carried, and went
on to Florence to study. Came to Venice to act as Vice Consul
and take care of my sister, Winifred, then a baby, while my
father and mother were making their "Italian Journeys". He
fell in love with the daughter of a poor but " no"' le ,: Italian
family from Dalmatia, who lived on the top floor of the
palazzo_#ustinian, where the consulate was, and he and 'arietta

enyCnutj ^ were soon marr ied^ They went to America and I
suppose he "made the Lincoln atatue then, but unfortunately
I never heard him, or my mother, speak of it.

His wife was always homesick, so they went back to Italy
and they lived over forty years in Florence where he taught
the same class at the Academia della Belli Art's (?) (Please
verify this), that Liichel Angelo did. He and his wife only
came to America once again, in l HOY ? to see his brothers

and sisters who were all living in, or near, New York.

They used to visit his wife's brother in Venice in
the summer, and my Uncle would sit in the Piazza San Karoo
reading the "Vermont Phoenix ;i

He had no children, and

from one end to the other,
died in Florence in iXt~ I*' ?

He did a bas-relief of my father, and one of me in
1&3*;, r<nd one of T !enry JacMf soon Rfter. Mr. James described
him as an "Unreconstructed Yankee".

Did a statue of Mr. ^i^ Stanford end their son A for
the Stanford University at Palo Alto, California. Very
realistic group, like the statues in the Ompo Santo in
Genoa. Made a figure of the Mississippi River, now, I
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LINCOLN AT OAK RIDGE CEMETERY

SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS SCULPTOR — LARKIN GOLDSMITH MEAD

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Springfield also has another monument "by Larkln Mead. It was
dedicated in 1874 and a wide celebration marked the -unveiling. It
occupies a prominent place among the groups of bronze figures on the
monument at Lincoln's tomb which has recently been remodeled. Within
the monument are minature replicas of several other Lincoln statues.

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ILLINOIS STATE REGISTER

Original Drawing of Lincoln Tomb Plan

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Picture above is the original drawing of Architect Larkin Mead for
the Lincoln tomb. It was submitted in competition with other archi-
tectural plans for the tomb and was used on postcards which were sold
throughout the country to raise funds for construction of the monument.
While the general plan was followed, the lines of the tomb were changed
somewhat from the original drawing.

ABK LlflCOL&'S GUAVE.

The Monument Scarred and Mutilated
by Uollc Hunters. >

Chicago, March 21.— Tbo Evening
Journal to-night prints a throe-column
article on the condition of the Lincoln
Monument at Springfield, 111., and the ill
troatmont given the visitors by J. C.
Powers, the custodian of the mausoleum.
The Journal says, in part:

"Abraham Lincoln's tomb at Springfield
has fallen from its high place as the snrine
of a mighty nation. The spot where rest the
earthly remains of one ot the two greatest
mon in American history is fast railing into
decay, and the stately monument eroctad at
the capital of Illinois to commemorate the
love or tbo people is scarred and mutilated
from the attacks of vandalistic relic hunters.
His most malignant enemy In the 'Lost
Cause' could scarcely desire more indignities
heaped upon 'Honest Abe's' grave than now
daily come to its lot.

Tlie I4ncolu Monument.

Special to The Republic.

MoNTiCELiiO, 111., June 16.— The Illinois
Division of Sons of Veterans are taking steps
to have all the members of the order in the
United States aid them in placing the three al-
legorical figures of War, Justiceand Peace on
the national Lincoln monumentatOak Kidge.
This was the original design by Larkin G.
Meade, the artist. They will be placed on a
level with the statuo of Lincoln, Freedom en
the west! side of the obelisic. Justice on ttjB
east, and Peace on the north. The cost of
these three figures will bo $15,000, The, Sons
of Veterans desire to do this in honor of
Abraham Lincoln. /i^X»
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The bronze statue of Liucoln for tlio
monument to be erected over his re-
mains in Springfield, 111., is now re-
ceiving the best touches of the artist,
Mr. M. S. Mosman, at the Ames works
in Chieopee. fe ' ■ 4, f ■> T'^L.

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HARPER'S WEEKLY.

[October 24, 1S74.

THE LINCOLN MONUMENT

AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

We give on this page an illus-
tration of the monument erected
at Springfield, Illinois, in honor of
President Lincoln, which includes
a bronze statue of the President
modeled by Mr. Larkin G. Mead.
The statue was put in its place on
the 3d inst., and was formally un-
veiled on the 15th in the presence
of a vast assemblage of people
from all parts of the country. It
stands on the south side and in
front of the shaft, about thirty
feet above the ground. Presi-
dent Grant and many other dis-
tinguished guests, both civil and
military, were present at the cere-
mony. The statue is an excellent
and characteristic likeness of Mr.
Liscoln. The figure is represent-
ed as dressed in the double-breasted
long frock-coat. and the loose pan-
taloons which were the fashion ten
or twelve years ago, and conse-
quently make the form appear
somewhat, more full and robust
than Mr. Lincoln really was.
The portraiture of the statue is
realistic in its fidelity. The rather
stooping shoulders, the forward in-
clination of the head, manner of
wearing the hair, the protruding
eyebrows, the nose, the mouth,
with the prominent and slightly
drooping lower lip, the mole on
his left cheek, the eyes sitting far
back in his head, the calm, ear-
nest, half-sorrowful expression of
the face, all recall to the minds of
his old friends and neighbors the
simple-mannered, unaffected man
who lived among them until he was
called away to enter upon the duties
of Chief Magistrate of the nation.

As will be seen from our engrav-
ing, Mr. Lincoln is represented
with his left hand resting upon
fasces, around which are grace-
fully folded the Stars and Stripes.
Mr. Lincoln is represented as
having just signed the Procla-
mation of Emancipation, and in
his left hand he holds a scroll
marked "Proclamation;" in the
right hand he holds a pen. The
coat of arms upon the face of
the pedestal on which the statue
stands represents the American
eagle standing upon a shield partly
draped by the flag, with one foot
upon a broken shackle, and in his

beak the fragments of a chain
which he has just broken to pieces.

The monument is constructed in
the most substantial manner of
Quincy granite. In the base are
two chambers. The one shown in
our engraving is called Memorial
Hall, and contains some interest-
ing relics of the late President.
The other, on the north side, con-
tains the caskets inclosing the re-
mains of Mr. Lincoln and his
little son "Tad." The opening
above Memorial Hall is the en-
trance to the winding stairs lead-
ing to the top of the monument.
The several subordinate groups of
figures shown in our engraving are
not yet placed in position. Each
group is intended to represent a
branch of the service of the United
States.

The monument was erected un-
der the superintendence of Mr.
W. D. Kichardson, from the de-
sign of Mr. Larkin G. Mead.
The base is seventy-four feet on
ench side and twenty high, the
total height to the top of the shaft
being one hundred and twenty feet.
The structure cost $250,000.

THE LINCOLN MONUMENT AT SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.- [PnOTOGHAWiKD nv C. J. Paynf..]

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THE LINCOLN TOMB AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL.— The photograph shows Gen. Haller,
the "Pershing of Poland," who recently visited the United States* and his staff in front
of the great memorial erected in Lincoln's memory at Springfield, 111.

WHERE THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR IS BURIED-"

THE LINCOLN TOMB

An unusual photograph of the Lincoln mausoleum in

Springfield, 111., made by a Philadelphia!!, showing the

statue of the Civil War President at the front of the

; . , beautiful memorial ■ Ritu«e

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Visit the Lincoln Shrines at

Spring f ield

State Capital Was Home of Great Emancipator

SPRINGFIELD, the capital city of
Illinois, and for many years t he
home city of Abraham Lincoln,
contains two notable Lincoln shrines —
his tomb and his modest homeste&d.

The tomb is an imposing one and
stands in Oak Ridge Cemetery. The
statue of Lincoln is on a pedestal pro-
jecting from the suiith side of the obe-
lisk — the central figure of a series of
groups, representing the Infantry, the
Cavalry, the Artillery and the Navy.
Passing around the whole obelisk and
pedestal is a band or chain of shields,
each representing a state, the name of
which is carved upon it.

The body of President Lincoln [was
placed in a receiving vault in Oak Ridge
on May 4, 1S(i."), and a week later the
National Lincoln Monument Associa-
tion was formed with Governor Richard
J. Oglesby at the head. A temporary
vault was built and the body removed
on December 21, lSii.",. Six years later
it was placed in the crypt in the monu-
ment and three years later in the
sarcophagus in the center of the cata-
comb. However, in IS 1 .)'.), the structure
began to show signs of breaking down,
and a cemented vault was built beneath
the floor of the catacomb directly un-
derneath the sarcophagus. There the
body of President Lincoln was placed
September :i(i, 1901, where it still rests.

Brick and Granite

The monument is built of brick and
Quincy granite but the granite only
shows. It contains also the crypts in
which lie the bodies of Mrs. Lincoln,
two sons and Abraham Lincoln, a
grandson.

The money used in the construction
of the monument came largely from
popular subscriptions, only three states
making appropriations to the fund, Illi-
nois, $50,000; Missouri, $1,000; and
Nevada, $500. Sunday schools, lodges,
army associations, and other organiza-
tions contributed. The largest sum
given except b\ the State oi lllii ois,
was $I,-HS7, from 1 1 1 ■ 7,'id Regimenr of
colored troops al New Orleans. Al out
$S,000 «;i> contributed l>\ colored
soldiers in the I nil'ed States Amu

1 lii- iiioiiumeiil iva." designed by l.ar-
kin G. Mend of l-'lorence, Italy.

I he monument aLo contains a Me-
morial Hall which is idled with a most
interesting collection of Lincoln relics.

Among them are his surveying instru-
ments, the compass, chain and Jacob
staff and the worn old black leather
saddle bags in which he carried the
instrument and papers. There i.-< a soap
dish and curtain fixtures from the Lin-
coln home as well as two small black
cane-seated chairs, a part of his first
parlor set, an ink-stained deal table
and a plain wooden rocker which was
in his law office when he was nomin-
ated for the presidency.

There are many letters in the col-
lection, one from a little girl of thir-
teen, Grace Bedell, who wrote to Lin-
coln during his first campaign telling
him that he would look better if he
wore whiskers. He answered her, say-

ing that he was not inclined to do so,
but shortly afterward he raised the
beard and when he visited her home city
during the campaign, he called for her
and showed her that hi had followed
her advice.

Lincoln Relics
Still another relic is a faded piece of
white silk with a pattern of red (lowers,
kept in a glass frame. The silk also
shows a dark stain of blood. It was
from the dress worn by Laura Keen on
the night Lincoln was assassinated. She
stepped from the stage into the Lincoln
box and took the wounded President's
head on her lap. A year later she
brought the piece to Springfield her-
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The Lincoln Monument at Springfield

self and presented it to the monument
association.

The Lincoln homestead at Eighth and
Jackson Streets, Springfield, was the
only residence ever owned by Abraham
Lincoln. He lived there for seventeen
years and at the time of his nomination
and election to the presidency. From
there he went forth to glory and the
grave.

The frame work and all the floors are
of oak; the laths of hickory, split out
by hand; the doors, door frames, win-
dow frames and weather boarding of
black walnut. The nails, sparingly used
in its construction, are all hand made.
The most noticeable feature of its con-
struction from the builders' point of
view is the prodigal use of walnut and|
strict economy in the use of iron —
wooden pegs being used wherever prac-
ticable in lieu of the customary nail.

Various Lincoln possessions are in
the Home and are being supplemented
with pieces of that period. One can see
a picture of Queen Victoria sent by the:
Queen to Mr. Lincoln in the earl}'
sixties, a clock that belonged to Lin-
coln before his marriage, Mr. Lincoln's
favorite chair, an upholstered rocker,
and beside it his wife's favorite little
rocker, his writing desk and many other
articles that speak to you of the great
Emancipator.

In this house with so little in its
appearance to distinguish it from hun-
dreds of others built about the same
time, Air. Lincoln took up his residence
in the second year after his marriage.
Here the three youngest children of his
family were born and the eldest of the
three died. Here he grew up from the
small figure of a country lawyer to
the full stature of a party idol and the
grand proportions of a national leader.
Here were nurtured his early born
ambitions and here his greatest political
aspiration was realized. Here he closed
his career as a citizen of Illinois and
took up the work to which he gave his
life that "the government of the people,
by the people, and for the people might
not perish from the earth."

TOWERING SHAFT
TO LINCOLN URGED

Custodian of Tomb Sug-
gests Master Memorial
at Springfield.

BY CLAUDE O. PIKE.

Sreei.il Dispatch from a Staff Correspondent.

Springfield, 111., July 22.— A Lincoln
monument towering 500 feet high,
visible for 20 miles and surmounted
by a powerful search light to mark
the way for air mail pilots is sug-
gested by Herbert Wells Fay, custo-
dian of the Lincoln tomb and monu-
ment, as a fitting memorial for the
great emancipator.

Such a monument would oe
Illinois' challenge to the charges that
the immortal Lincoln was being for-
gotten by his native state. It would
also challenge the genius of the
world's greatest artists and sculp-

the Coles county nome, and repro-
duce the New Salem log cabin village.
One >-oom could be devoted to the
Black Hawk war, showing the contour
of each county traveled.

Rooms for Major Events.

"Rooms could be set aside showing
Vandalia, the campaign for congress,
Lincoln-Douglas debates, depict the
battles of the civil war, the assassi-
nation and funeral. Another room
could be set aside to the Lincoln me-
morials erected in his honor.

"The inner circle of rooms next to
the base of the statue could be de-
voted to a display of paintings of
Lincoln, scenes of his life depicted in
sculpture and photographs. To get
such a collection offer $10,000 each
for the five best paintings of Lin-
coln or pertaining to his life and $5,-
000 for the next five best. Offer
smaller sums for miniatures of Lin-
coln, transparencies, scenes or photo-
graphs.

"This amount of money would en-
list the best efforts of the greatest
artists of the country and such a col-
lection, properly housed, would attract

SKETCH OF MEMORIAL SUGGESTED BY HERBERT
WELLS FAY. CUSTODIAN OF THE LINCOLN TOMB AND
MONUMENT AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL. IT WOULD BE 500 FEET
HIGH AND HAVE A POWERFUL SEARCHLIGHT ON TOP OF
IT TO GUIDE AIR-MAIL PILOTS.

IBy Robert Mills stall artUt.l

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standing statue of Lincoln 200 feet
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Describes Plan of Memorial.

Make three circles of rooms" sue
«eats Mr. Fay. "On the outer wail
arrange to record the principal events

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cradle until he went to Washington
la frames on the walls wdtaSS
cases put pictures of every So? h!
ever visaed, letters and speeches he
wrote things he said, stories keloid
friends, documents and surveys he

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of h2 1 > th,? Uld , giVe a P a «^ama
l„f i lle that would give a patriotic

E g n every visitor ' *"3c2°5

"In this exhibit could be shown a

,l CJreD ' h « made in chrono-
logical order. Pictures of every person

SSSFiE* places vis]ted 2

shovvn. mere could be shown all
publications about Lincoln, authors

evei> tmng. Make it answer eve™
Question asked about Lincoln Have
|»y county of the state represented

Mr? , Center clrcle "Produce his
birthplace, probably exact size, shew-

ture the contour of the country and
make it show all the places he £*'
quented in Kentucky. 6

"Then in the next room faithful v

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cmity. in adjoining rooms of the
center circle show a miniature of the
Decatur home of Thomas Lincoln!

every /Jincoln lover of the worm.
This would make the tomb of Lin-
coln the last word in every detail.
One of the most expensive and de-
si-able acquisitions would be a bou-
.tevard connecting the state capitol,
the tomb and the Lincoln home. With
this idea followed out, criticisms that
Illinois does not appreciate her Lin-
coln advantage would forever be si-
lenced."

Tomb a World Shrine.
Mr. Fay, who, as custodian of the
Lincoln monument, is recognized as
one of the best authorities on Lin-
coln, asserts that there is a growing
sentiment that Illinois does not fully
appreciate her great historical asset.
"The home and tomb of Lincoln
attract more attention over the world
than any other single feature, prob-
ably more than all put together,"
said Mr. Fay.

If the citizens of Illinois were
olive to their historical advantage
they would appropriate a couple of
million dollars to show their appre-
ciation of what came to them by the
working of fate. Nearly $3,000,000
was expended on the memorial at
Washington and it answers every
hope of those who are satisfied with
an appeal to the spectacular. It
awes the guest and gives friend and
foe the proper thrill. Something dif-
ferent «hould be planned for Spring-
field.

Pushes Idea Before State.
Mr. Fay suggests the monument
with the surrounding memorial hall
simply as a means of getting his idea
before the public, believing that the
time is ripe for Illinois to begin giving
constructive thought to the matter
The present tomb and monument
were erected in 1874 at a cost of
$350,000. It is in urgent need of re-

pairs now. Visitors comment on ito
condition. The small rooms in the
base of the monument are far too
small and the choice collection of
Lincoln documents, memorials and
souvenirs cannot be displayed. Mr
Fay's personal collection of Lincoln
papers, pictures and documents more
than fill the limited space at present.
There are nine acres in the Lincoln
monument plot in Beautiful Oakridge
cemetery in Springfield, giving ample
space for the erection of a fitting
memorial and shrine to Illinois' gift
to the nation.

Visitors on Increase.

Just why there is the marked in-
crease in the number of visitors to
the tomb is difficult to determine.
With the seeming breakdown in the
democracy that Lincoln stood for and
the indifference toward political
honesty and decency found in Amer-
ican politics today, and particularly
in Illinois, the growing stream of
pilgrims to the last resting place of
the ashes of the great emancipator
is little short of miraculous.

It is claimed by some that the re-
cent works on Lincoln have inspired
the pilgrimage of many. The auto-
mobile and hard roads make the
tomb the mecca for thousands more.
The tomb is open every day from 8
in the morning until 6 at night, and
any day a visitor to it will find the
tomb crowded with visitors. On an
average, 400 people visit the tomb
daily. One sees automobiles parked
about there by the dozen, bearing
license plates from distant states. On
Sundays the visitors reach nearly a
thousand in good weather.

Five year ago visitors registering
there were under 30,000. Last year
over 150,000 signed the visitors' book.

ILLINOIS STATE REGISTER JULY 20 1930

STRIPPED OF ITS HEROIC
STATUARY and much of the
stone work from about the base,;
Lincoln's monument presents a
rather forlorn appearance. But
construction work is progressing
rapidly and when completed the
monument will have added dignity
and beauty. The exterior will be
of the same appearance as when
originally constructed but the In-
terior will be entirely changed.

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THE PHILADELPHIA RECOP.

HOOVER AT RE-DEDICATION OF LINCOLN TOMB

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Here is President Hoover delivering his address during the impressive dedicatory ceremonies of t lie re-
modeled tomb of Abraluim Lincoln, at Springlield, 111. The granite column shown in the background was
constructed in J8(i9. The newly completed work Includes the entire remodeling of the memorial's base, in
which were placed nine statues of Lincoln, representing various stages in his life.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1935.

THE TOJRRINGTON REGISTER

REPUBLICANS CALL FOR 'LIBERTY'

Delegates to the republican grass roots convention are shown as
they heard pleas for "liberty" at Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Spring-
field, III. The Roosevelt administration meanwhile came in for a severe
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February, 1939

HOBBIES— The Magazine for Collectors

Ihe Erection of the

Lincoln Monument

By Harry E. Pratt

PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S body
■*■ was placed in the public vault in
Oak Ridge cemetery, May 4, 1865.
On October 15, 1874 a great throng
of people, including President Grant,
attended the dedication of the Lincoln
Monument erected by the gifts of a
grateful people.

The monument had then cost over
$150,000 and $55,000 more was used
to place the groups of bronze figures
representing the four branches of
the Military and Naval Service.

It was Mrs. Lincoln's expressed de-
sire to have the monument in Oak
Ridge cemetery, in preference to the
ground now occupied by the State
Capitol, which had been chosen by the
National Lincoln Monument Assoc-
iation. Before his election to the
Presidency, Lincoln, with his wife on
a visit to the cemetery had said:
"What a beautiful spot." To C. M.
Smith, his brother-in-law, he had ex-
pressed the same thought. The hard
maple, his favorite tree grew there
in abundance.

The process of collecting funds be-
gan immediately after Lincoln's
death, continued slowly and not until
January, 1868, did the Association,
directed by fifteen of Lincoln's old
friends, issue notice for designs for a
monument to cost not over $200,000.
They offered $1,000 as a prize for the
monument chosen. The announce-
ment had been eagerly awaited by
artists, sculptors, architects and
quarry owners. Many inquiries and
several designs had already been re-
ceived by the Association. The first
to inquire and the first to com-
plete his design was Larkin H.
Mead, Jr., and the winner of the
prize. Imbued with the idea that a
monument would be erected to "so
great a man as President Lincoln,"
Mead, then a sculptor, scarcely thirty
years of age, began on a design in
January, 1865, four months before
Lincoln's assassination. The minia-
ture plaster model of the monument,
exhibited in New York in August,
1865, was made in his studio in
Florence, Italy.

Anxious that his design should be
accepted, Mead kept the Association
informed of his movements on his re-
turn to America, and offered to bring
the design to Springfield for ap-
proval. Influential friends commun-

icated their approval of the artist's
effort.

Undismayed by the publicity given
to Mead's design, thirty other artists
submitted theirs by September 1,
1868. The designs were placed on
exhibit for ten days in the Senate
Chamber of the State House. Here
the committee of thirteen, represent-
ing the Association, viewed them and
selected the four best designs. On
the last ballot, Mead's design received
twelve of the thirteen votes. Sharon
Tyndale, the only member of the
committee to die before the monu-
ment was completed, voted for anoth-
er design. Leonard Volk, sculptor of
famous figures of Lincoln and Doug-
las, was among the four competitors
chosen for the last ballot. Two noted
women sculptors submitted designs,
Harriet Hosmer and Vinnie Ream.
Miss Ream, at the age of fifteen, had
been given an order from Congress
for the marble figure of Lincoln that
stands today in the National Hall of
Statuary. The Chicago firm of Co-
chrane and Piquenard, architects of
the Illinois and Iowa Capitol build-
ings, submitted a design for the mon-
ument.

In a letter to Senator Morrill of
Vermont, Mead wrote "My design
was adopted and I received the
$1,000, which was promised to the
artist whose design should be ac-
cepted. An executive committee was
there appointed consisting of three
members and they proceeded with me
to draw up a preliminary contract
for the execution of the monument
complete.

"It is my duty to prepare specifi-
cations and working plans and to
present them to the executive com-
mittee on or before the first of Febru-
ary next, at which time a final con-
tract will be made. I am to furnish
satisfactory security.

"This is the way the matter stands
and I think I have cause to congratu-
late myself. I feel truly gratified to
you for seeing that I was properly
recommended to the committee. I
was an entire stranger to them all,
but I soon found I was dealing with
high minded men and true friends of
Mr. Lincoln. I trust I merit the high
honor they have bestowed upon me
and I shall use my utmost exertions
in performing my task to make it art
acceptable work."

A final contract with Mead was
signed on December 30, 1868. The
Association agreed to follow his
drawings and specifications. Mead
then returned to Italy, and the Assoc-
iation contracted with W. D. Richard-
son of Springfield to erect the monu-
ment, exclusive of the statuary, for
$136,550. This part of the work,
which it was contemplated, would be
complete by January 1, 1871 was not
finished until the week before the
dedication in October, 1874.

Mead's work in addition to the
drawing up of the plans, for which
he received $5,500, was to mold, cast
and deliver all the statuary required
by his design; a statue of Lincoln, a
coat of arms of the United States,
and four groups representing the in-
fantry, cavalry, artillery and the
marine. The statue of Lincoln and
each of the groups was to be de-
livered for $13,500. The cavalry
group, the last to be erected, was not
ordered until almost eleven years af-
ter the original contract was signed.
All the plaster models of statuary
were shipped from Florence, Italy,
to Chicopee, Mass., where they were
cast into bronze by the Ames Manu-
facturing Company. A. D. Shephard,
President of the National Bank Note
Company of New York, acted as
agent for Mead in his business trans-
actions with the Association from
1868 until the cavalry group was
erected in 1883. The resolution made
by the directors of the Association in
1865, to contract for work on the
monument only as fast as funds were
available, was strictly followed. Gov-
ernors of the states were appealed
to for funds. Many of them heartily
recommended the project to their leg-
islatures. Responses came only from
five states: Illinois gave $77,400;
New York, $10,000; Missouri, $1,000;
and Nevada and Nebraska each gave
$500. Congress, on March 3, 1869,
donated "such damaged and captured
bronze and scrapped guns and ordin-
ance as may be required." The As-
sociation estimated that 50,000 pounds
would be needed. Sixty-five bronze
field howitzers, three fourths of
which were Confederate guns, were
delivered at Chicopee, Mass. Only a
part of this metal was used. Its qual-
ity was so poor that only forty-five
percent of it could be used in each
casting. The surplus was sold at
twelve cents a pound, netting the As-
sociation approximately $4,000.

From the estate of William Beln
of San Francisco, came the largest
single bequest, $2,497.50.

At the meeting of the Directors of
the National Lincoln Monument As-
sociation, in July, 1874, it was re-
solved to dedicate the monument,
minus the four group statues, on Oc-
tober 15, 1874. The Army of the
Tennessee was to hold its reunion in

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THE REGISTER, Sunday, January 26, 1958

Nuns Unveiled
Lincoln Monument

It was no wonder then that
when the national monument to
Lincoln at his burial place in
Springfield, 111., was to be ded-
icated, Gen. William Tecumseh
Sherman, who was in charge
of arrangements, requested that
a nun of the Dominican con-
vent in Springfield be permitted
to unveil the memorial. To his
consternation the nuns had to
decline the honor, since they
were cloistered.

Sherman's thoughts went to
the appalling scene in the Mem-
phis hospitals where Sisters of
St. Dominic from Kentucky had
ministered to the wounded and
dving soldiers of his command.
"If I had my Sisters of St. Do-
minic near me," he declared,
"they would not disappoint me."

Hearing that some of these
sisters staffed a parochial
school in Jacksonville, 111., Sher-
man obtained permission for
them to unveil the monument.
Sister Josephine Meagher, the
superior, accompanied by Sister
Eachel, a former war nurse,
journeyed to Springfield in the
President's special railroad car
and in the presence of a huge
throng the silken banner con-
cealing the statue was released
into their hands. Then the sis-
ters slipped away and returned
to Jacksonville.

When Sister Rachel died in
1909 in Springfield, the great-
| est celebration ever held in hon-
|or of Lincoln was going on
there to commemorate the 100th
year of his birth. President Wil-
liam Howard Taft headed the
dignitaries in attendance. As,
the hearse bearing Sister Ra-
chel's remains passed the Lin-
coln Memorial en route to Cal-
vary Cemetery, the bell on the
monument was tolled, and a
squad of soldiers stood at at-
tention at the base of the
obelisk.

Chicago Sunday Tribune
February 9, 1958

SPRINGFIELD COURTHOUSE,
NEGLECTED LINCOLN SHRINE

BY ROBERT HOWARD

[Tribune Springfield Correspondent!

HISTORIANS in Illinois are hopeful
that the state government before
many years will have title to the
Sangamon county courthouse, one of
the nation's most neglected historical
shrines. A century ago, when Abe Lin-
coln was the leading citizen of Spring-
field, the stone faced building in the cen-
ter of the business district was the state
capitol. As a county courthouse, it now
is inadequate and overcrowded, dilapi-
dated and dingy.

Within the last generation, it should
have been restored as a Lincoln shrine
and museum. Gov. Dwight H. Green
tried to buy the building 12 years ago.
Gov. Stratton last year sent word that
the state still wants to pay a fair price
for the old building. His tentative offer
was being mulled over by the board of
supervisors when the legislative session
adjourned.

There is hope that a deal between the
state and Sangamon county can be
worked out by 1959, when the meeting
of the legislature will coincide with the
150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth.
Public sentiment may be stirred this

Sangamon County Cpurthous*

year by celebration of the Lincoln-Doug-
las debate centennial^ None of the de-
bates was held here, but an important
preliminary was Lincoln's " house divid-
ed against itself cannot stand " speech,
which was made in the old hall of the
House of Representatives, now the Cir-
cuit courtroom.

AMONG the chief drum beaters for
a new courthouse are the judges
of the Circuit court, who contend that
the 118 year old capital was never in-
tended for jury trials.

Most downstate counties have larger
and better courthouses. Here county
officials are crowding out the Lincoln
memories. The county judge occupies
space previously devoted to the law li-
brary, where Lincoln frequently studied,
and to the Supreme court, before which
he tried nearly 200 cases.

Between his nomination and farewell
speech, Lincoln worked and received
visitors in the governor's office, now as-
signed to the master in chancery. When
the Civil.war broke out, Ulysses S. Grant
of Galena cooled his heels in the waiting
room until he was appointed a colonel of
volunteers.

Wall plaques and a bulletin board re-
mind visitors that the chief memories of
Lincoln are associated with the present
courtroom, the former House chamber.
There Lincoln made several of his most
famous speeches. There his body lay in
state May 3 and 4. 1865, with the casket
open for the last time before it was
taken to Oak Ridge cemetery.

HISTORY not connected with Lincoln
• also was made at the site. From
the statehouse square in 1846 the ill-
fated Donner party set out for the Cali-
fornia mountain pass in which it starved
in heavy snow. In 1921, the grand jury
indicted Gov. Len Small for mishandling
treasury interest funds, and Circuit
Judge Elbert S. Smith, grandfather of
the present auditor, propounded the
doctrine that a governor is not exempt
from answering in the courts for his
official acts. '

As much as any man, Lincoln was
responsible for the existence of the
stone building. He was one of the San-
gamon county representatives who got
the legislature to vote in 1837 to move
the capital from Vandalia to Springfield.
The corner stone was laid on July 4 of
that year, with the dedicatory address
being given by E. D. Baker, an eloquent
congressman, and 1861 casualty at Ball's
Bluff. The stone came from the Sugar
Creek quarry near the present Lake
Springfield.

In 1876, state officials moved six
blocks southwestward to a 4 million
dollar capitol, the one still in use. Sanga-
mon county also found the old statehouse
inadequate ahd in 1899 enlarged it by
adding a new first floor, so Jhat the origi-
nal first and second floors are now the
second and third.

THE STATE will have a restoration
problem, if and when the county
moves out. It would be expensive but
not impossible to take out the present
first floor and lower the building. The
county altered the original roof and
dome. Old photos show how the House
chamber and other rooms originally ap-
peared.

When the seat of_ government was
moved here from Vandalia, Springfield
men subscribed $50,000 toward the cost
of the new capitol, which had been
estimated at $120,000. Actual expendi-
tures were nearer $240,000. When the
state moved out, Sangamon county
bought the square block in the center
of the business district for $200,000 and
the land on which the present state-
house was built. The 1899 remodeling
cost $175,000.

With Gov. Green's approval, the 1945
legislature appropriated $600,000 for
the purchase of the property from the
county and $668,000 for restoration of
the building to its original appearance,
including elimination of the first floor.
The money was never spent, because
Sangamon county voters in 1946 de-
feated a proposal to raise additional
money needed for a modern courthouse.

Whether the county now would aftept
a higher offer is problematical. The
voice of the taxpayer is currently louder
than that of the lover of shrines, and the
county board is dominated by supervisors
from economy minded rural townships.

Oregon Journal
February 12, 1958

. The People Speak

7 disapprove of what you iay, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." — 'Voltaire,

Lincoln and Tullius

To the Editor: In observing
the birthday of Abraham Lin-
coln, nothing seems to me
more appropriate than the
gift offered by the citizens of
Rome, namely, a stone from
the wall built 25 centuries ago
by an ancient king, Servius
Tullius. It, was sent to the
United States in 1865 by citi-
zens of Rome who wished to
express their sympathy with
the ideals of democracy and
national unity, which Abra-
ham Lincoln represented.

The lives and ideas of Abra-
ham Lincoln and Servius Tul-
lius were similar in many re-
spects. Both sprang from the
common people. Both, in their
official capacity, did all they
could to elevate and improve
the condition of the masses.
Both incurred many enemies
v and both were assassinated.

On June 17, 1870, congress
adopted a resolution directing
that the Servius Tullius stone
be placed in the Lincoln tomb
at Springfield, 111., and on Oc-
tober 11, 1936, it was unveiled
by Gov. Henry Horner, with
appropriate ceremonies.

SERVIUS TULLIUS, at the

beginning, and Abraham Lin-
coln, at the close, of that pe-
riod of time loved the com-
mon people, and both/ were
loved in turn. In sending this
stone, Italy paid homage to
one of the greatest sons of
the American Union, who, in
abolishing slavery, in saving

his country from secession
and welding it into a union
never to be impaired, gave the
best proof of the universality
of the spirit of early Rome.

Meanwhile, the riches of
literature and the artistic con-
tributions of Italy have never
ceased to exert their fasci-
nation and their beneficent
charm on Americans. The
stone from the wall of Serv-
ius Tullius will ever remain
a silent reminder of what we
and the world owe Italy.
F. F. Petruzzelli,

6104 NE Hassalo Street.

What Lincoln Said

To the Editor: On the an-
niversary of Lincoln's birth-
day may it not be profitable
to refresh our memories re-
garding a few of his great
thoughts?

"You do not mean color ex-
actly? You mean the whites
are intellectually the superior
of the blacks, and therefore
have the right to enslave
them? Take care — by this
rule, you are to be slave to
the first man you meet, with
an intellect superior to your
own."

"WHY SHOULD there not
be a patient confidence in the
ultimate justice of the people?
Is there any better or equal
hope in the world?"

'As I would not be a slave,
so I would not be a master.
This expresses my idea of
democracy. Whatever differs

from this to the extent of the
difference, is no democracy."

"Reasonable men have long
since agreed that intemper-
ance is one of the greatest, if
not the greatest, of all the
evils of mankind."

"Every man is said to have
his peculiar ambition ... I
can say for one that I have no
other so great as that of being
esteemed by my fellow men
by rendering myself worthy
of their esteem."

"Let every American, every
lover of liberty, every well
wisher to his posterity, swear
by the blood of the Revolu-
tion, never to violate in the
least particular the laws of
the country; and never to
tolerate their violation by
others."

VICE PRES. Andrew John-
son is protesting to Mr. Lin-
coln the act of Gen. Grant in
accepting the surrender of
Gen. Robert E. Lee and in
sending the Confederate sol-
diers to their homes, along
with their horses. The sol-
diers should have been held
as prisoners of war and Gen.
Lee should be held in con-
finement.

In reply Mr. Lincoln asks:
"What do you think we'll
gain at this point, Mr. John-
son, by increasing Gen. Lee's
agony of mind?"

"Gen. Lee is a traitor, sir,
and should be treated as
such," replied Mr. Johnson.

This heated conference be-
tween the two highest-placed
men in the nation concluded
with Lincoln saying to John-
son in no uncertain terms:
"You must stand foot to foot
with me against those mejj in
the Capitol whose * nostrils
belch revenge. There shall be
no revenge, Johnson.'"

J. W. Reed,
5300 SE Ivon Street.

Chicago Sun-Times
February 13, 1958

Urges U,S. Follow
Lincoln's Example

By Tom Littlewood

Sun-Tunes Bureau
SPRINGFIELD— At the tomb
of Abraham Lincoln, the na-
tional commander of the Amer
ican Legion said the United
States must '"nobly save" free-
dom without accepting peaceful
coexistence in a divided world.

Lincoln pointed the way this
nation must travel to save hu-
man freedom, declared the le-
gion leader, John S. Gleason Jr.
of Chicago.

Gleason said a note of prom-

ise based on strength, not weak-
ness must be sounded to repeat
Lincoln's words that:

"I do not expect the house [di-
vided against itself] to fall — but
I do expect it will cease to be
divided."

'Peace' At Any Time

The annual pilgrimage of
Legionnaires from throughout
(he nation to Lincoln's tomb
featured ceremonies here
Wednesday.

"We can have 'peace' at any
time — on Communist terms,"
Gleason said.

"Those terms would make
inevitable the yoke of slavery
for every human neck. Yet
there are many here and abroad
who would lead us down the
road of appeasement with com-
munism. I ask you, how can
you exist with those who don't
want you to exist?

Honor Missing

"You can't do business with
communism. There is a vital
element missing — and always
will be missing — at all of Soviet
Russia's conference tables. That
element is moral integrity — the
word of honor."

Gleason quoted Lincoln's re-
marks to Congress in 1862,
which he said are relevant to-
day:

"The dogmas of the quiet past
are inadequate to the stormy
present. The occasion is piled
high with difficulty and we must
rise with the occasion.

"As our case is new, so we
must think anew and act anew.
We must, disenthrall ourselves.

Wreath from President Eisenhower was placed on Lincoln's
tomb in Springfield by Col. Richard D. Boerem. Gov.
Stratton participates in ceremony commemorating 149th
anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. (UP Telephoto)

and then
country."

we shall save our

Lincoln Motto
To Guide Daley

Mayor Daley has a new motto
to guide him "in his conduct
of city affairs — a statement by
Abraham Lincoln.

The ma> or disclosed, on Lin-
coln's Birthday Wednesday, that
he has ' had the quotation in-
scribed on a plaque which he
will keep in his office.

It reads as follows:

"I believe that a man should
be proud of the city in which
he lives and that he should so

live that his city will be proud
that he lives in it."

Daley said he did not recall
when Lincoln made the state-
ment but, he added, "those
words are as true now as they
were then."

Asked if, as a Democrat, he
had any reservations about the
first GOP President, Daley re-
plied:

"Many people forget that he
was re-elected President on a
Union ticket. He had no more
bitter critics than in his own
party. Lincoln was a man who
rose above party. He belongs to
all the people and not to any
one party."

Asked if he would like to rise
above his party, Daley said: "I
am mayor of all the people. 1
place the city's welfare first."

Chicago laily Tribune
February 13, 1958

LINGOLN TOMB

CEREMONY LED

BY STRATTON

Ike Sends Wreath for
Birthday Rites

(Picture on back page)
[Chicago Tribune Press Service]

Springfield, 111., Feb. 12—
At the tomb of Abraham
Lincoln, Gov. Stratton, and
John S. Gleason Jr., national
commander of the American
Legion, said today that the
preservation of human free-
dom still is America's essen-
tial task.

A wreath sent by President
Eisenhower was placed above
the grave of the Civil war
President as American Legion
officials made their 24th an-
nual pilgrimage t6 Oak Ridge
cemetery on the anniversary
of Lincoln's birth.

Visit Lincoln Home

Over snowless streets in
bitter cold, townspeople
joined tourists in visiting the
tomb and the frame house
where Lincoln lived at the
time he was elected to the
Presidency.

Stratton, in a broadcast cere-
mony at the cemetery, said
the nation must "defend if,
necessary with the blood of
its young people " the free-
dom which exists now because
of Lincoln's leadership. 'In-
dividual dedication to freedom
is more important than armed
might, the governor said.

Warning against appease-
ment of Russia, Gleason said
the United States must adhere
to its fundamental beliefs and
not accept peace on commu-
nist terms. The durability of
the American form of free
government is still the un-
settled issue, Gleason said,
adding that "in the 95 years
since Gettysburg we have
graduated from the plight of
a divided nation to that of a
united nation in a divided
world,". ._

"Lincoln had his sputnik
scares, his alarmists, and ( his
appeasers in his day," Gleason
said. " When the South start-
ed to armor-piate the Merri-
mac, alarming rumors swept
the North. Alarmists cried that
Washington would be bom-
barded, New York City put
under tribute, the government
put in flight, the blockade
broken, and there would be
no defense against the new
monster of war.

Rejects Compromise

11 Lincoln refused to be stam-
peded. He ordered work start-
ed on the Monitor which
ended the career of the Mer-
rimac. Neither would he yield
to those who made overtures
to end the war by compromise
of the principles for which he
believed the nation was to
fight. He nobly saved the
cause of freedom by fighting
thru to victory."

The wreath from President
Eisenhower was placed on the
tomb by Col. Richard D.
Boerem of the Illinois nation-
al guard.

U. of I. Opens Exhibit

Champaign, 111., Feb. 12 UP)
— Manuscripts and printed
materials, including original
letters of six former American
Presidents, went on display at
the University of Illinois li-
brary for a month today —
Lincoln's -birthday.

The exhibit, " The Great De-
bate — Lincoln vs. Douglas,
1854-1861, was selected from
the collection of Mr. and Mrs.
Philip D. Sang of Chicago and
from the University of Illinois'
Lincoln materials. Among 66
items on display- are letters
from former Presidents Pierce,
T y I e », Fillmore, Buchanan,
Johnson, and Lincoln.

Tribute from the President

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Maj. Gen. John G. Van Houten, commander of Washington
military district, is dwarfed by the statue of Abraham Lincoln
as he places President Eisenhower's wreath at its base in
Lincoln memorial. [Associated Press Wircphoto]

MEAD, LABKIN

SPRIiJGFIELD. ILLINOIS

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ogress In ReitSdeling Lincoln Monument

LincoTnShrine

Remodeling Is
Difficult Task\

The time will come when the re-
mains of Abraham Lincoln will repose
in a sarcophagus lor public view.

This is the opinion of Herbert Wells
Fay, custodian of Lincoln monument,
and of thousands who make an an-
imal pilgrimage to the tomb of the
great emancipator. They believe the
body should rest above the ground
and" not beneath ions of rock and
H| concrete as at present.

The monument in Oak Ridge i<
being reconstructed by the state. The
project was brought about by Gov- .
ernor Louis L. Emmerson who ap-
*j proved the plans. But when the work '
was under consideration, there was J
ij no suggestion to remove the body
nil. from its present position and there is
no indication that this will be done
in the present decade.

"I believe that the time will come

I when public sentiment will demand

I that the body of Mr. Lincoln be

J placed In a sarcophagus tor public

view," Mr. Fay said. 'Persons who

visit the tomb from all parts of the i

country openly express this opinion."

Work of remodeling the monument
is progressing. The contract provides
for its completion in four months,
but indications are that a longer
period may be required to finish the
task. The contract for the work was
let to English Brothers, Champaign.
W. S. Long, superintendent, says that
although the elements have damaged
the shaft to some extent, workmen
find the job of removing the con-

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1 — Statue QlJLjujiyhi. removed from the monument to permit workmen to bepin work on shaft.
2 — Artillery group, also removed from tower, and with statue of Lincoln occupies place on ground near monume; '
3 — Custodian Herbert W. Fay standing on concrete covering over body ot Lincoln.
4 — Excavation work in progress in north room of monument.
5 — Cranes used for removing heavy masonry.

6 — Lincoln monument and Custodian Fay standing near sarcophague which contained remains of Lincoln for tv,
years and from which an effort was made to steal body of the emancipator. ^

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"THY WONDROUS STORY"

fly JOHN HOWARD TODD. A. B (Mcmiv lllinoi, Siai, Historical Society)

THE MONUMENT TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN

N THE presence of President Ulysses S. Graut, Vice President Heury Wilson

aud 30,000 other spectators, Mother Josephu and Sister Rachel, two nuns of

Jacksonville, unveiled the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of
i-1 the national Lincoln monument at Springfield on Oct. 15, 1874. As the veil
of red and white silk fell away the throng looked on in fitting silence aud u choir
sang "Rest, Spirit, Kest."

The original cost of the monument was more than $200,000. Of this sum
the State of Illinois appropriated $77,000, New York $10,000, Missouri $1,000
and Nevada $500. Sixty thousand Sunday school children in all parts of the
Union contributed $20,000, soldiers and sailors of the Union gave $27,000, negro
soldiers contributed $8,000, aod the rest came from secular schools, from
churches, benevolent societies and individuals.

The monument is located on a beautiful knoll in a park of nine acres ad-
joining and overlooking Oak Ridge Cemetery. The base and shaft are of granite
from Massachusetts quarries, the latter rising to a height of 125 feet above
ground. The work of building began In the autumn of 1860 under the auspices
of the Lincoln Monument Association, which was formed May 11, 1865, less than
a mouth after Mr. Lincoln was assassinated.

Hlchard J. Oglesby, then United States senator, delivered the dedicatory
oration. President Grant spoke briefly, and an original poem by James Judson
Lord of Springfield was read by Professor Richard Edwards. Short addresses
were made by Vice President Henry Wilson, Usher F. Llnder, General W. T.
Sherman and. Schuyler Colfax, Vice President during General Grant's first term,
Larkln G. Mead Jr., an American sculptor, who designed the monument, was
called out, bowed his acknowledgments and retired amid the applause of the
spectators. Governor John M. Palmer presided.

The features of the monument are the memorial hall containing interesting
relics, the catacomb containing the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln and their sons,
a bronze statue of the martyred President and four groups of statuary repre-
senting Infantry, cavalry, artillery and navy.

By act of May 18, 1895, the monument was transferred from the association
which built It to the state. The monument at that time was in bad condition and
In danger of falling to pieces. The foundation had settled unequally and there
were ugly cracks In the walls and floors, made by alternate rains and frosts.

Upon the urgent recommendation of Governor John R. Tanner the legisla-
ture, lu the spring of 1899, appropriated $100,000 to raze the monument, sink its
foundation to solid rock and rebuild it on the original lines. This work began
Nov. 11, 1899, and during Its progress the bodies of President Lincoln and his
family were safeguarded In a temporary vault near by. The work of rebuilding
was completed June 1, 1901. The body of President Lincoln now lies in a
cemented vault beneath the floor of the catacomb, secure from the type of
vandals who once tried to steal It.

The state maintains on the grounds a custodian's cottage. It is the duty of
the custodian to have immediate care of the monument and surrounding park
and to receive the thousands of pilgrims who come yearly to pay their respects
to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. The custodian receives a salary of $1,200.
The trustees are, ex officio, the governor, the superintendent of public instruction
and the state treasurer. . (288.]

CRATING THE STATUARY of the Lincoln monument for safe
keeping during the period of construction work.

(State Register Photo)

HE SUltVIVORS OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNION GATHER AT TIIF TOMB OF "FATHER ABRAHAM' 1

THE G. A. R.,
Meeting foi the First Time in Springfield. Ill-, Holds Memorial Ceremonies at the Grave of Abraham Lincoln.

(Herbert Georg Studio, i

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The great host of visitors ^\ho are
visiting: the Abraham Lincoln monu-
ment in Springfield, 111., these days
and the attention it is receiving be-
tween Feb. 12, his birthday, and the
anniversary of his death in April, re-
calls the fact that a Chicopee firm,
the Ames Manufacturing: Company,
started with Springfield capital in the
days when Cabotville was a part of
Springfield, cast the statue.

It was in February, 1871, that an-
nouncement was made that the Ames
Company had the award for making
the statue of Lincoln after a model
sent from Florence by Larkin G.
Mead, the sculptor, to be placed on
the monument erected by the Lin-
coln National Monument Association
at Springfield, 111. The statue sur-
mounting the majestic monument of
granite is 12 \' z feet high and repre-
sents Lincoln with the Emancipa-
tion Proclamation extended in his
hands.

The statue was completed in the
summer of 1872, but it was not until
Oct. 15, 1874, that the monument
with its statue, declared to be the
finest of Lincoln ever executed, was
dedicated in the presence of Gen.
Grant, Gov. R. J. Ogles by and other
distinguished military and civic lead-
ers.

The Ames Company also cast the
equestrian statue of Washington in
Boston it is interesting to recall on
this Washington Bicentennial.

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PRESIDENT TO RE-DEDICATE LINCOLN TOMB

Reconstructed at a cost of $170,000 by the stale of Illinois, the tomb oC Abraham Lincoln will
be re-dedicated by President Hoover at Springfield, 111., June 17. A copy of the statue in the Lincoln
memorial in Washington has been placed in the rotunda of the tomb.

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Lincoln Statue at
the State House
Draws Paper* s Attack

Springfield, 111., April 23.— [U. P.]—
The controversy over the statue of
Abraham Lincoln that stands at the
entrance of the state capitol grounds
flamed anew today with an editorial
demand by the Illinois State Journal
that it be relocated in a less con-
spicuous place or destroyed. The edi-
torial remarks:

" Suggestion is made that the Lin-
coln statue on the approach to the
state house be removed to another
location on the grounds. A more sensi-
ble proposal suggests decapitation of
the statue, preservation of the won-
derful head, and junking the body.

" The proposal to move the statue
is urged because it is so placed that
it breaks the approach and detracts
from its impressiveness. The statue
does worse. It affronts visitors. En-
countering it for the first time and
in the absence of explanations, they
get from it an impression that it is a
caricature of Lincoln. Even when it
is explained that the misshapen legs
and paralytic arm are but symbols,
supposed to suggest Lincoln's humility
or something of the sort, the statue
offends."

No. 14. THE EMANCIPATOR BY LARKIN GOLDSMITH MEAD

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REMEMBER THIS UNIQUE SETTING FOR LINCOLN TOMB STATUARY?

During the reconstruction of the Lincoln Monument in 1900-1901, the bodies of
JVIr. Lincoln and members of his family were moved to a temporary resting place
on the hillside to the northeast. Meanwhile the bronze figure of Lincoln which
stood directly against the south side of the shaft,
was placed in a boarded enclosure near-by, to-

gether with the coat of arms and the four
statuary groups. . . . This interesting old picture,
probably taken by the late Guy Mathis, shows
the unique appearing which the various figures
presented in that setting. The door at the right
end of the enclosure gives an idea of the size of
this statuary when brought down to terra firma!
. . . Mr. Lincoln, of course, towers above all the
rest. In this bronze form, the Great Eman-

cipator seems to be scanning the horizon, look-
ing toward the old home town in the distance, or
perhaps admiring the beauty of the landscape at
old Oak Ridge! . . . The four historic statuary
groups, as close scrutiny will prove, were all
there but in very undignified positions, while in
the rear the tall muzzle of a Civil War cannon
rears its head straight up. ... A year or more
was required for the rebuilding of the Monu-
ment at that time, during which this enclosuue
was guarded along with the temporary resting
place of the Lincoln bodies.

And Money— As Advertised In The Illinoi

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Springfield, 111., Monument
Still in Course of Repairs
Necessitated byCrumbling

Liberator's Coffin Moved

Resting Place Is Sealed in
Concrete-Steel Boulder

By The Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 7. — Perma-
nency finally Is' being assured the tomb
of Abraham Lincoln with the rebuild-
ing of the monument which towers
above his grave here. The burial place
will be rededlcated February 12, the
122d anniversary of his birth.

Rebuilding of the vshaft was deter-
mined upon two years ago, when crum-
bling bricks and stone threatened Its
existence. Reconstruction of the Interior
was also ordered. Work began almost
a year ago, and will not be finished
for several months.

' Visitors who formerly peered through
grated windows Into a dimly lighted
chamber now may enter the sarcopha-
gus chamber, but the coffin Itself it
sealed In a boulder of concrete and
steel, resting ten feet below( the monu-
ment. '

Almost from the ' day the funeral
cortege reached Springfield, sixty-five
years ago, an air of mystery and awe
settled on the Lincoln burial place.
Attempt Made to Steal Body

Both Chicago and Springfield desired
the martyred President to be burled
within their limits. Mrs. Lincoln chose
a quiet spot outside Springfield. Five
years after a permanent tomb was pre-
pared, In 1876, two Chicago criminals
sought to steal the body and hold It
tuu laxiov/m. xney scrccc«?cretr~iiv partly
removing the coffin before an alarm
was sounded.

A guard thereafter watched beside
the tomb after the coffin had been
secreted In another part of the burial
place. Lincoln's body was exhumed in
1886 and placed In a catacomb, but
this was abandoned in 1899 and the
present shaft built In 1901. Robert
Lincoln, a son, provided funds.

Washington Slnine Nation's Gift
Of the many hundreds, and even
thousands of Lincoln memorials In
existence today in the form of build-
ings and shrines, monument, statuary,
museums and collections of Lincoln
mementoes and souvenirs, books,
libraries and pictorial representations
extending even Into the field of motion
pictures, none perhaps Is more notable
than the greatest shrine of the Eman-
cipator at Washington, the Lincoln
Memorial.

Impressive In Its simplicity, the gift
of the nation to his memory, the
memorial Is generally considered to be
the masterpiece of all the public build-
ings and memorials In the United
States. It stands in Potomac Park,
lacing the Washington Monument. Its
construction was begun on Lincoln's
birthday anniversary in 1914. The cost
was approximately $3,900,000.
The memorial comprises a large

rectangular building of white marble
designed by Henry Bacon, New York
architect. It has a beautiful setting
on the direct east and west line with
the Washington Monument and the
nation's Capitol, and rises 144 feet
above the level of the park. It includes
four principal features — a statue of
the man by Daniel Chester French, a
memorial of his Gettysburg address, a
memorial of his second inaugural ad-
dress and a symbol of the union of
the states.
Springfield May Get Famed Models
At Springfield, 111., it Is proposed that
the tomb of Lincoln be ornamented by
original bronze models of ten of the
most famous statues of the great
Emancipator. This project, it Is ex-
pected, soon will be carried out. It
was the suggestion of James Booton,
of the state architect's office. Among
those represented will be Saint Gau-
dens's famous statue In Lincoln Park,
Chicago; the Daniel Chester French
statue In Lincoln, Neb., and Lorado
Taft's statue In Urbana, 111. The tomb
at Springfield is being enlarged at an
expense In excess of $20,000. The mon-
ument will be enlarged and a passage
added to the sarcophagus.

Construction of a memorial In honor
of Lincoln and his mother, Nancy
Hanks Lincoln, on the old family

homestead near Lincoln City, Ind.,
waits on the passage of an act by the
General Assembly of the state. The In-
diana Lincoln Union, organized four
years ago, raised sufficient money
through gifts to enlarge the memorial
park to 360 acres, Including the former
Lincoln farm. The legislative commit-
tee of the Lincoln Union recommended
that the General Assembly place 0.4
cent tax on each $100 In taxables over
a two-year period, which it Is hoped
will produce $400,000 to be spent on
the memorial building. Bedford stone
will be used throughout the structure,
which will be 140 feet by 60 feet with
a tower rising 160 feet. The structure
will house a Lincoln museum.

The cabin where Lincoln was born,
near Hodgenvllle, Ky., Is enshrined in
a granite temple, and belongs to the
United States government. There Is
also a memorial to his mother In the
form of a log cabin at her birthplace
near Burlington, W. Va.

Other famous Lincoln memorials in-
clude the Saint Gaudens statue at Lin-
coln Park, Chicago; the statue on the
State House grounds in Springfield.
111., by Andrew O'Connor; the Lincoln
Home in Springfield, where he lived
from 1848 to 1861, and the Daniel Ches-
ter French statue on tho grounds of
(he state capltol In Lincoln, Neb.

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A GBBAT DAT ?OB TBB LINCOLN MONCMBNT AB80-

. , CUTIOH— A LONG PBOCS&8ION, IN WRJOU tUKBl-

-• PKMT GRANT, BECRBTART BELKNAP, GEN. 8HKB-

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ING CJEBEMONIB8. ' '

Smungfikld, HI.. Oct 15.-To-day wu the great
day of the centnry for the Lincoln Monument Asso-
ciation. The statue of the martyr President, by
Meade. WM to be un vailed. Tbe President, the
Vioe-PresideDt, tbe Secretary of War, and other
Cabinet officers, with generals of tbe army, were
present. Tbe Society of the Army of the Tennessee,
Gen. Sherman, President, was to take part in the
proceedings, and Springfield, always awake to Boy
patriotic eaoee, was more than usually alive on this
occasion. Tbe Society of the Army of the Tennessee
asamnhled this morning, and selected Des Moines,
Iowa, as the place for the next meeting, which will
be held Sept. 20 and 30, 1875. Gen. Thomas C.
Fletcher of Maine was elected orator. The Society
then adjourned to participate in tbe ceremonies of
thennvailingoi the Lincoln etaftje at Oak, «idge
Cemetery.

Tbe procession began to form at 11 o'clock, Gov.
Beveridsre acting as Grand Marshal. President
Grant, with Secretary Belknap, occupied a carriage
at the bead of the procession, preceded by the mili-
tary band from Newport Barracks, and escorted by
the Governor's Guards, a military organization of
this city, as a guard of honor. Next came the fiev.
Dr. Bale, to old friend of President Lincoln, and
' Bishop Wayman (colored), and in tbe other carriages
rode Vice-President Wilson with Sir J. Powell Bux-
ton, M. P., and W. G. Porater, M. P., of England; Gens.
McDowell and Custer, and tbe Son. J. K. Dubois,
with Mrs; Grant and Mrs. Gov. Beveridge. Gen.
Sherman marched on foot at tbe bead of tbe Society
of tbe Army of the Tennessee, and following him
was ft long line of army, military, and civil societies.
Next to the carnages containing the members
of the Lincoln Monument Association came tbe car-
riages in which were Boot T. Lincoln, only surviv-
ing son of the deceased President. Mr.L. L.Smith,
sister of Mr. Lincoln, and other relations. Mrs. Lin-
coln was unable to be present, as she is quite ill at
be' residence in Chicago. Among tbe notable per-
sons, present were ex-Secretary Borie, ex-Gov. Noyes
of Ohio, Gen. John Pope, Gen. McDowell, Gen.
Grierson, Gen. Wolcott, Gen. Ekin, with many
Others.

TflE CEBEMONIES.

Springfield, Oct. 14.— The procession ar-
rived at the cemetery at 1 o'clock. Not less than 'J6.000
persons were present. Alter tbe playing of tbe Dead
March by the band, Bishop Wyman made a fervent
and eloquent prayer, and a choir of singers chanted
" With malice toward none; with charity for all." Tbe
Bon. Jesse K. Dubois then read an historical sketch of
the Lincoln Monument Association and the result of its
labors, concluding as follows :

By tbe liberal contributions of a grateful nation we
have been enabled to provide a suitable piaoe for tbe
remains of the wisest and purest of men known to our
aaUoim hjetory. Tuere ma* fbsf rotUj Pe*<-v«

SBNATOB OGLESBY'S OBATION.

After music from the band ex-Gov. Ogleeby of Illinois
stepped tor wars, and was greeted with cbeers. Be pro-
eeeded to deliver the oration. It was an eloquent trib-
ute to tbe memory of the dead President, giving a faith-
ful sketch of his public life and services, noting I be most
striking event! of We AdmwlstrsUon. sad concluding a»
follows : <<,*;'*• l-GJPJWWyHW!

If history shall become ungrateful, and moral obliga-
tions cease to respond to (be calls of justice and patriot-
ism in that race to which he was born bis fame will still
be aafer , Anotber race of- forty millions, with their
countless descendants of free-born children, holding bis

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, Tbe com-
mencement of his second term as Fresident of tbe
United States and the close of the Rebellion came
closely together. I do not know that the time or place
is fitting for an examination of the course likely to have

i known as reconstruction. It la true to say, from the

fldenoe in him— a confidence perhaps

considered and seriously
lave met with favor, and

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Be was a merciful and forgiving man. Be promptly
ratified the generous terms of surrenner dictated to the
armies of tbe I Rebellion by bis humane and victorious

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property rights, the right to vote to all, with certai
specified exceptions as to tbe classes who bad been in
rebellion and|would subscribe an oatb to support the Con.
solution of tbe United States and tbe Union thereunder,

tbe war, but now that peace bad come by surrender and
not by compromise, as in 1801, the aotual Rebellion had
released him from the policy of leaving Slavery to tbe
States, and in time allowed bun to move forward to
emancipation. So, In 1865, compulsory submission
would have released blm from the terms proposed in
1863, and permitted htm to move forward to higher and
broader ground.

In addition to tbe great facts that tbe circumstances
of the white and colored population bad at tbe close of
tbe war entirely changed, and tbe glimpses on several
oocaalons given of a purpose on *»** *""*• *~ «•»»» -
moat enlightened end ubeaal polio
reunite the country upon a just and enduring basis,
stood the great fact that in isei be had saia he bad
rather be assassinated than surrender tbe sentiment iu

ftmfrir K ' h M. r \\ VM ntmiMwiR.

which that principle bad been aaved, and for the first

vored any ,

bad laid down their arms against tbe Govern-
ment or those wbo bad used them in its
preservation, the fullest right implied and covered by
the broad declaration that all men are equal. Who shall
forget tbat memorable scene iu the City of Richmond,
which ought to be cherished and perpetuated forever as
a part of the history of the closing days of the nnhappy
strife, where the gnat and good man, his heart swelling
with modest pride, leading bis little son by the band
through the deserted streets of the once proud- capital
of treason, and beholding once more tbe flag of his coun-
try, in place of a strange and usurping one, restored lo
its rightful dominion over an undivided Union, grateful
to the Almighty God that in his own good time peaoe
had returned to a divided and sorrowing people, cheered
and animated by the hope of a long future of prosperity
and happiness to the country, gave assurance to the
R scattered and remaining few of those who were but yes-
m ter .^ ay i B K rBB8 v.* g * Ul Sr t *5 e fla *' ■• tne *' eagerly

restoration of all tbe rights under the old Government.

and to the humble and long oppressed, rescued from a

* servitude dishonorable alike to bumaultv and to the

S flair of IMMnm. nir.iennahin In ih. »-„..» t> v.j . .._

a evert Who shall measure tbe usefulness of the life of

' in tbe course of timet

isuit of its a j n what degree of cold the fruit
nation we ' lien charged with moisture. It

ice for the

wu to our

Come what may, whether a republic founded on. the I
immovable foundations of justice and freedoc yet cunning art shall here her triumph* bring,
proved after long experience m the beat form of i\ a ud laurel'd bards their choicest ftnPW"* eluf,
i government standing, or whether a republio in; Here, honor*d aire shall par© its wintry brow,
; torn 1b two by factions aad rent by the mad ambll And youtb to freedom make a Spartan tow.
meu, this monument, an enduring testimonial i Here. ripenVl manhood from it* walks profound,

humble We, the glorious deeds, and the shining ex] , Shall come and halt, as if on hallowM ground.

of the great citizen and martyr, will stand for to] Here ahali the urn with fragrant wreaths he d

mination of all moo of every tijime, nationality, ad By tender handa the flow*? tribute* |tw» r *

dltion who, la search of tbehigheet aims and lofu«4 And wending westward, from oppressions far,

poaea of Uie, shell oome to this fountain for Inspli Bhali pilgrims oome led by onr freedom-star j

and hope. Here the bumble may take new courajj While bending lowly, it ot>t friendly &ali7/' 1

proud leant humility; the ambitious that the trol The alleut tear from ebon cheeks shall tali ••

&3fSffi&^ Bterneand vain the trlbnte. which. Wf^"

great; % no other country under the ran oonld tl » » the Past (bat ooosecrawi "to-day "»*™

acute boy have found hie way through (bo long el i ^^^S^S^SiS^iSSSSS sJ

sion of mysterious and grave events to such emu Wno e* w *W right, and dared the rlgh^ tp Mr

and I powerTend 'wheW ,aod in what land, can q »ue ^SS^S^SSSSffS^SSuS-:

found who wielded power with such grace, hunj g th JW"5 n '£^%i B0 1 w!*,»i y*ElE*r?2i.

and wlsdoml* The fivln« assign him km prope7li * S^go^^lVKd^^a Srt V

and wisdom I

ihniT!W(Mr.it)Tn f Afftiftf' T' w i^ '"lit i ■

lightened by the purity and splendor of his admlj :
tlon and public services, cannot fail to fix his 1
among tbow who shall rank highest in their venei
• He baa gone to the firmament of Washington, 1
new light shines down upon his beloved couflU
from the American constellation. ! "^

The choir then sang "Best. Spirit Beat," at th)

Bespeaks the import of the bettor age.

When man, for man. no more shall forgo the chain, , >

Then shall this boon to human freedom gives *£"'
Be fitly deem'd a sacred gift of heaven :—
Though of the earth, it is no less divine.-*
Founded on truth It will forever shine,"

aE m i dMgMEEE

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°lde of the atatue, rose, and amid breathless i

form. President Edwards then read the poem 1 T»» *>eadk »*»H» BWed an appropriate air, when Ion*!

H''i'V'#l I""-' ri'"'' !'"'f •

■ • THE DEDICATION POEM.
We build not here a temple or a shrine,
Nor hero-fane to demigods divine ;
. Nor to the clouds a superstructure rear
For man's ambition or for servile fear.
Not to the Dost, but to the Deeds alone
A grateful people raise th' bistorio stone ;
For where a patriot lived, or hero fell,
The daisied toxf would mark the spot aa w

The daisied turf would mark the spot aa well.

i* What though tbe Pyramids, with apex high,
Like Alpine peaks cleave Egypt's rainless sky

. And oast grim shadows o'er a desert land' I
_ Forever bUehted by owrssswu's hand I — -

No patriot real their deep foundations laid—

No freeman's hand their dsrkon'd chamber* m
* No public weal'lospired the heart with love,
I To see their summit* tow'rtag bigu above.

Tbe ruling Pharaoh, proud and eory>stsloed,
I With vain ambitions never ret attained;— I

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Mb. Chairmah. Ladies aud Oemtlkmbm : On an ooc
•wn lite the present it is a duty on my part to bei
testimony to the great and good qualities fir the natrvi ■
otlo man whose earthly remains uow rest beneath thai
dedicated monument. It was not my fortune to make the*
personal acquaintance of Mr. Lincoln till the beginning?)
of the last year of the great struggle for National exiiM
ence. During those yean of doubt and despondency j
among the many patriotio meu of tbe country, AbrabaxaW
Lincoln never fur a moment doubted but the final reenlM
would be In favor of peace, Union, and freedo
every race in this broad land; bis faith in an all-
Providence directing our arms to this final result w
the faith or the Christian that his Bedeem

ilveth. Amidst •pbloaW. P* ^«K.kS

hate undisguised, and whioh

to without restraint through

the stump and in private circles, he remained tbe sum

stanch, unyielding servant of the people, never exhibit^

ing revengeful feelings toward his iraUuoers. Be rather*

sfifeaa^

— .u heaven's free sunlight darker than their (Lincoln) was being assailed, bat that a treasonabir

His hot to will, and theirs to yield and feel, ~ spirit -one waiting to destroy tbe freest 1 governmen

Like verinln'd dust beneath bis Iron heel',— the snu evershoue upon— was giving vent "to itself oi

" ,' him as the Chief Executive of tbe nation, only because

Historic Justice bide the nations know.

have avoided all that slander, for bis life was a pure andl

Nor stone, nor bronic can fit memorials yield X peVsonaTreTations wYtb Un* wciT^ote; aTiuu'-i
For deeds of valor on the bloody field mate as the nature of our respective duties wouloV

♦Neath war* dark clouds the sturdy volunteer, peruut^ l<o *uuw Uiia personally was lofove ra£
By freedom taught his country to revere, reapecMiiui for his great qualities of hesdasd hear? and]

Bids home and friends a hasty, »ad adieu, for his patience and patriotism. With Ji hfJ Trt £SS

And with mute patlenoe brooks the longdelay, those who had gained his oonfideuoe but to betra vit i
Pr bears tbe trumpet, or tbe thrilling djbin never heard hlra utter a complaint, or oast ceuaure foi
'j'eal the long roll that calls: ««They cornel bad Iconduotor bad faith.- It was hs nature u> find ex
f eomel" ^ . ^ ?;,; fMM(orlii8«av M ijri«(, In Ws death the iaiton lot*

Then to the front with battling hosts he flies, ts greatest head, la bis death the South lost Iw inosil
And Jives to triumph, or lor freedom dies. Just friend. * W ir^ 1 * "•« W»uf« m\ »Hi W^\

Thund'nng amain along tbe rooky strand, Ex-Vice President Colfax, who was discovered on thJ

Tbe Ocean claims her honors with the Land, platform, was loudly called for, and. In very eloquent)

Loud on the galo she chimes the wild refrain, and feeling remarks, paid his tribute of inn * n * nlru^ti

Or with low murmur wails ber heroes slalo I tA , lw> ,,„„*^" _"' ™ ._ B !T.^ nuuw °H° Te and respocM

m mmwii

the ngbt, einkswli,.,-,^ ^^ pronounced, aud the vast assombisge quietly

Beloved banner of the axure sky, -• persed. * ■"" 1

Thy rightful home where'er thy eagles fly; I *^ ' ,, „,

On tby blue fields the stars' of beav'n. descend, — — jufv.-'p :k . - . ' . «»**.-
And to our dav a purer luster lend.

And bade Tby peace to come, "and oome to stays
And while war's deluge flll'd tbe land with blood,
With bow of promise arob'd tbe crimson flood,—

wmmmfflm

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THE LINCOLN MONUMENT in Springfield, III. The body of President Lincoln rests in
the crypt of this national monument. Springfield is proud of the fact that Lincoln at oik-
time was a resident of that city.

HOOVER REDEDICATES LINCOLN TOMB

President Herbert Hoover dedicated the rebuilt Lincoln Memor-
ial at Springfield, 111., and closed his three-day visit to the Midwest.
In Ins address al the tomb he reminded the nation of Lincoln's oft
repeated admonition that obedience to law is the safeguard to lib-
erty. In this photo, made by NEA Service. Inc., for The Gazette,
President lioover is shown makinpr the dedicatory address.

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